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- Forest (3705 bytes)
6: ...an [[understory]], which makes efficient use of sunlight. A forest in its natural form is home to many...
8: ... woodland has an open canopy, which allows some sunlight to penetrate between the trees (see also: [[s...
21: ...e damaged by [[logging]], [[forest fire]]s, and [[acid rain]]. In the [[United States]], most forests h... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
17: [[image:ac.parthenon4.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Only a few sculptures remain on the Parthenon.]]
19: ...es both internally and externally. These survive only in part, but there are good descriptions of most...
27: ...igion for close to a thousand years. It was certainly still intact in the 4th century AD, by which tim...
45: ...n's foundations, and corrosion of its marble by [[acid rain]] polluted by car exhausts threatens the rem...
50: ...some scholars have argued that the Parthenon was only ''used'' as a treasury. While this opinion was f... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
5: ...the fire, slapping it with all their might. That only got them more burnt, so they were scarred from t...
20: ...rothers ever flew in a balloon himself, and then only once.
22: ... had discovered hydrogen gas, by adding sulphuric acid to iron, tin, zinc shavings, and [[hot air ballo... - Hybrid vehicle (47544 bytes)
6: ...or and a generator is one of design optimization only. ''See also [[motor-generator]]'' which produce...
12: ...r the Environment | url=http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/energy/eng-9.cfm | accessdate=January...
16: ... power, and in some places such as California is only a minor contributor, overshadowed by natural gas...
41: ** [[Mazda Demio]] ([[Japan]]-only, debatable, see ''[[#Assist hybrid|Assist hybrid...
79: ...sed for primary power, with the motor turning on only when a boost is needed. Others can run with jus... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
27: ...iddle Ages]]. They raided the coasts, rivers and inland cities of all Western Europe as far as [[Sevil...
63: ...set up their small gangs near river estuaries, mainly to protect themselves. They recruited locals as ...
89: Unlike traditional Western societies of the time, man...
101: ...t popular as they were hard to sell and pirates, unlike the public of today, had little concept of the...
107: ...s were [[Impressment|pressganged]] and these not only received lower wages than volunteers but were sh... - Asparagus (3138 bytes)
19: ...ften added back to the cooking water and removed only after the asparagus is done, this is supposed to...
25: The [[amino acid]] [[asparagine]] gets its name from asparagus, th... - Mushroom (6650 bytes)
9: ...ous species is dependent upon the application of only a few easily recognizable traits. People who co...
15: ...ops from a young bud into a mature structure and only the latter can provide certain identification of...
23: ...rmacology|psychedelic properties]]. They are commonly known as "magic mushrooms" or "shrooms," and are... - Mustard (7834 bytes)
42: ...[[Bavaria]]n "sweet mustard" contains very little acid, substituting copious amounts of sugar for preser...
44: ..., Jean Naigeon of Dijon substituted verjuice, the acidic "green" juice of not-quite-ripe grapes, for the... - Geyser (14881 bytes)
4: ...es a favourable [[hydrogeology]] which exists in only a few places on Earth, and so they are fairly ra...
12: ...ve presses down on the hotter water beneath, not unlike the lid of a [[pressure cooker]], allowing the...
26: ...ong dormant periods, eruptions were sometimes humanly-induced---often on special occasions---by the ad...
33: ... cellular [[protein]]s and [[DNA|deoxyribonucleic acid]] (DNA) would be destroyed. The optimal temperatu... - Glucagon (2581 bytes)
2: '''Glucagon''' is a 29 [[amino acid]] [[polypeptide]] acting as an important [[hormon...
22: ...nd quickly raises blood glucose levels. It works only if there is glycogen stored in liver cells, and ... - Gallbladder (4604 bytes)
14: ...esence of elevated [[bilirubin]] level that is mainly [[conjugation|conjugated]].
18: ...posed of [[cholesterol]], [[lecithin]] and [[bile acid]]s. These can cause [[colic]]ky shooting abdomina...
42: ...all stone disease". ''Courvoisier's sign'' is an enlarged, non-tender gallbladder together with jaundi...
47: * [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/19261.htm Il...
49: * [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000264.htm Acut... - Sense (11343 bytes)
15: ...quencies than can be heard are detected this way only.
19: ...tects the [[amino acid]] glutamate, a flavor commonly found in meat, and in artificial flavourings suc...
21: ...r '''olfaction''' is the other "chemical" sense. Unlike taste, there are hundreds of olfactory recepto...
31: ...ature. How warm or cold something feels does not only depend on [[temperature]], but also on [[specifi...
47: The only order of mammals which is known to demonstrate e... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
9: ...someone who comes from [[Aztlán]]", a place commonly believed to be located in northern Mexico or the...
22: ...ean empires, it was ethnically very diverse, but unlike most European empires, it was more a system of...
27: ...ered economically under the Aztec conqueror, and only at first. This increase in the overall welfare w...
59: ...nochtitlan itself had an estimated population of only 80,000 to 120,000 at that time. It is possible ...
74: ...od production. The other 80% of society were not only warriors, but also skilled artisans and aggressi... - Genetic code (15677 bytes)
6: ...NA]]s and associated [[enzyme]]s, into an [[amino acid]] chain ([[peptide|polypeptide]]), which will the...
8: ...'C''') and [[thymine]] ('''T''') are smaller and only consist of one aromatic ring. In RNA however, th...
10: ...quence represents a protein sequence, three amino acids long. ([[DNA]] is also a sequence of nucleotide...
12: ... For example, the codon AAU represents the amino acid [[asparagine]] (Asp), and [[cysteine]] (Cys) is r...
18: This table shows the 64 codons and the amino acid each codon codes for. - Proton (5009 bytes)
56: ...roton acceptor a [[Base (chemistry)|base]] (see [[acid-base reaction theories]]).
59: ... hydrogen nuclei. Rutherford determined that the only place this hydrogen could have come from was the... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
33: ...emy developed its own philosophical system, with only superficial connections to the major Western rel...
54: ... philosophers, which in turn have often survived only in Islamic translations.
56: ...ca]]'' of Thrice-Greatest Hermes, which is known only through Greek and [[Arabic language|Arabic]] tra...
58: ...he purpose of hermetical science: "in truth certainly and without doubt, whatever is below is like tha...
63: ...principle)|natural laws]] that can be determined only through careful, thorough, and exacting philosop... - Limestone (3809 bytes)
19: ...is used as a facade on some [[skyscraper]]s, but only in thin plates for covering rather than solid bl...
21: ...n places where limestone is used extensively. The acids in the water can wear away the details of statue... - Biology (23579 bytes)
25: While biology is unlike [[physics]] in that it does not usually descri...
33: ...tic material]] which is based upon the [[nucleic acid]] [[DNA]] using a universal [[genetic code]]. In...
38: ... selection]]. ([[Alfred Russell Wallace]] is commonly recognized as the co-discoverer of this concept)...
64: ...nt time. Up into the [[19th century]] it was commonly believed that life forms can appear spontaneousl...
71: ...evel through the maintenance of a stable internal acidity ([[pH]]); at the organismal level [[warm-blood... - Cell (29541 bytes)
27: ...' cells are structurally simple. They are found only in single-celled and [[Colony (biology)|colonial...
49: ...les contained in it. The term ''cytosol'' refers only to the fluid itself.
54: ...oxyribonucleic acid]] (DNA) and [[RNA|ribonucleic acid]] (RNA). Most organisms use DNA for their long te...
63: ...ne or more vital functions. Organelles are found only in eukaryotes and are, with a few exceptions, su...
67: ...A's genetic code into the exact sequence of amino acids that make up a protein is called [[translation (... - Fungus (12992 bytes)
21: ...o be eaten. ''Wild mushrooms should not be eaten unless identifed by an expert''. However, even very k...
38: ... of these. They usually have a stalk, composed mainly of hyphae, and a cap, under which there are shee...
48: ...[saprophyte]], and that of the [[parasite]]. The only difference between detritivorous and parasitic f...
66: * [[Fatty acid]] content of the [[skin]].
106: * [[Psilocybe]]s, commonly known as ''[[Psychedelic mushroom|magic mushroom...
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